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Friday, October 12th, 2007Need more attention seeking elements for your website?
A SitePal speaking character is a proven, easy-to-use and cost-effective tool to enhance your customers online experience and improve site conversion.
-Engage site visitors on personal level
-Provide information on your products
-Persuade your visitors to take action
-Stand out from the competition
-The result? Increased time-on-site, message recalls, conversions and sales.
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Colour Your World
Friday, October 12th, 2007There’s nothing worse than printing your photos or designs and looking at a murky mess that bears no resemblance to what you had on screen. Once you’re done kicking yourself, your bean bag chair, and jumping up and down for a spell, you’ll want to take a look at some simple, but [...]
HTML TOOLBOX: 30+ HTML Tools and Tutorials
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007With PHP, CSS, Ruby On Rails and so on, it’s easy to forget that HTML is where it all began. Even with its age, HTML is still essential for every wanna-be web developer, so we’ve gathered 30+ resources for you to learn, code, validate and more.
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Branding Builds Character
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Personas can lend iconic status to a brand; learn the six keys to successful character building.
Spuds MacKenzie, Mr. Whipple, Joe Isuzu, the California Raisins … the list of images, people or creatures that have been used successfully in advertising is a long one. We love them (or love to hate them), we mimic them, but [...]
Going Global with Color
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007When dealing with international markets, colors may not be as true as you think.
From apples to zebras, colors tell us a great deal about what a thing is and whether or not it will appeal to us. When it comes to what a color means, however, things are not simply black and white (or brown, [...]
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Smart Object Techniques
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Adobe’s Smart Objects feature is something that could significantly change the way you use Photoshop. It isn’t a new feature as such, but it has been enhanced tremendously in Photoshop CS3, making it more flexible and more powerful than before.
Smart Objects are self-contained graphics that live within the regular Photoshop document as individual layers. These [...]
Beyond the Guidelines: Advanced Accessibility Techniques
Monday, October 8th, 2007When creating accessible web sites, most web developers and web managers follow the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG for short. And rightly so — after all, these guidelines are the most comprehensive accessibility resource on the Web today.
The first version of these guidelines was released in 1999. The upcoming release of version two [...]
Why Consistency is Critical
Monday, October 8th, 2007“A foolish consistency”, according to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “is the bugbear of small minds”.
Many developers would agree wholeheartedly with that sentiment — particularly if they’ve had “consistency” forced upon them by over-zealous usability people.
Users Need Consistency
There is little doubt that consistency is important for users. Consistency makes sites easier to use, because visitors don’t have [...]
Signs It’s Time To Redesign Your Website
Monday, October 8th, 2007Designing your first website is a stressful undertaking. It requires you to dig deep into your business in order to write the copy for your site. You need to work with a designer and go through the process of creating a site that looks unique and works well. Plus you’ll end up investing a lot [...]
How to Use Your Website to Disqualify Your Prospects
Monday, October 8th, 2007How many hours have you spent this week with prospective clients who are great at draining your time and energy but can’t seem to find the money or desire to hire you? I’ve had my weeks when the number is larger than I’d like to admit. Consequently, several years ago I implemented one strategy that [...]
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